:00:12. > :00:15.watchdog, will identify some of those responsible for a possible
:00:16. > :00:19.corp-up over baby deaths in Cumbria. The U-turn comes after the Health
:00:19. > :00:23.Secretary called for the who truth to come out, and for individuals to
:00:23. > :00:27.be held to account. We'll have the latest from our Political
:00:27. > :00:33.Correspondent in Westminster. Also this lunch time: At least five
:00:33. > :00:37.children and four adults have been kurt after a car crashes into a
:00:37. > :00:41.pelican crossing outside of a school in Barry in South Wales. The
:00:41. > :00:47."invisibility minority" of pupils left behind in schools, they are no
:00:47. > :00:53.longer in the cities but in market towns and seaside sorts.
:00:53. > :00:56.The investigate makes his stringest call yet for the adoption of
:00:56. > :01:02.genetically modified technology. You are asking for time off from the
:01:02. > :01:09.job to go on CIA missions? Tributes are paid to James Gandolfini, the
:01:09. > :01:13.star of the TV show, the Sopranos, who has died at the age of 516789
:01:13. > :01:18.On BBC London, the families sleeping in the doorways of Central London.
:01:18. > :01:25.Res dents say that they have had enough.
:01:25. > :01:35.A school's geej of if physical fitness that could improve exam
:01:35. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:42.results. Good afternoon. Welcome to the bheeb
:01:42. > :01:45.News at One. The organisation at the heart of allegations of a cover-up
:01:45. > :01:50.over the deaths of babies in Cumbria, will identify some of those
:01:50. > :01:53.at the centre of the scandal. The move follows the release of a highly
:01:53. > :01:58.critical report into the health regulator's response to complaints
:01:58. > :02:02.about the deaths of a number of babies at Furness General Hospital.
:02:02. > :02:07.There was pressure on the Care Quality Commission to name those who
:02:07. > :02:14.allegedly tried to hide the findings of the report. Jeremy Hunt has said
:02:14. > :02:18.that he welcomes the decision to identify them.
:02:18. > :02:22.In 2010, the healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission declared
:02:22. > :02:26.Furness General Hospital was safe. We now know that was a mistake. That
:02:26. > :02:32.management allegedly tried to cover it up. So far we don't know who the
:02:32. > :02:34.managers are. The CQC said that they cannot be named for data protection
:02:35. > :02:39.reasons, but pressure has been building on the regulator, now
:02:39. > :02:46.ministers say that decision has been changed.
:02:46. > :02:52.The CQC will later publish the names of certain individuals, currently in
:02:52. > :02:58.the Thornton report. A former employee and a whistleblower of the
:02:58. > :03:01.regulator, believes other NHS bodies like the Strategic Health Authority
:03:01. > :03:06.Assange culpable. They registered an organisation that
:03:06. > :03:10.they knew was not meeting standards. So I think that those individuals
:03:10. > :03:16.need to be held to account and I think that we need to know who else
:03:16. > :03:21.knew in the SH A, in the Department of Health. How high does the
:03:21. > :03:25.cover-up go? Concerns about care at Furness General Hospital were
:03:25. > :03:31.apparently well known in 2010, when the regulator said it was safe. The
:03:31. > :03:35.local MP has backed calls for CQC managers to be named.
:03:35. > :03:39.The public want the best from their health service. When there are
:03:39. > :03:46.mistakes, they are appalled that individuals at the top, poor
:03:46. > :03:50.managers, often walk away anonymous, unanal to -- and able to take up
:03:50. > :03:54.other well-paid jobs in the Health Secretary sector. They want that
:03:54. > :04:00.stopped. An important part of this is naming those who fail. As often
:04:00. > :04:03.happens with a cover-up it is not the initial mistake that is damaging
:04:03. > :04:10.Trust in the Care Quality Commission but the apparent attempt to conceal
:04:10. > :04:14.Let's speak with our Political Correspondent Norman Smith.
:04:14. > :04:19.Yesterday they weren't prepared to name these people, today they are,
:04:19. > :04:25.what has change?ed I think that the Care Quality Commission has bowed to
:04:25. > :04:31.the inevitable. Facing a wave of popular, political and media irn
:04:31. > :04:34.indig nation and fury to not release the name as it could breach their
:04:35. > :04:38.privacy, but the Information Commissioner said he could see no
:04:38. > :04:42.reason why the names could not be published and suggest fundamental
:04:42. > :04:46.the Care Quality Commission had bothered to ring him up, he would is
:04:46. > :04:50.a told him that. Jeremy Hunt said that he made it clear he wanted the
:04:50. > :04:57.names out in the public domain. A local MP suggested that the police
:04:57. > :05:01.should investigate the CQC to see if contravened the law and, another
:05:02. > :05:06.that Jeremy Hunt should overrule the CQC and publish the names
:05:06. > :05:09.regardless. What probably tipped the balance was the growing view in the
:05:09. > :05:13.Care Quality Commission itself, was that there was no way that they
:05:13. > :05:18.could seek to re-establish their reputation and rebuild confidence
:05:18. > :05:23.with the public if they were seen to be hiding the names of "the guilty
:05:23. > :05:27.men and women" when they publish the names, that will not be the end of
:05:27. > :05:31.the matter. There will be a focus on the terms and the conditions under
:05:31. > :05:35.which the individuals were allowed to leave the organisation. As
:05:35. > :05:41.importantly, whether they moved on from this top job within the NHS, to
:05:41. > :05:48.other top jobs within the NHS. Norman, thank you very much.
:05:49. > :05:53.You cash find out hor on the story on the website at:
:05:53. > :05:57.-- you can find out more on the website at:
:05:57. > :06:01.At least five adults and four children have been injured after a
:06:01. > :06:07.car collided with a group of pedestrian at a pelican crossing in
:06:07. > :06:10.South Wales. The incident happened near Rhoose Primary School in the
:06:10. > :06:14.Vale of Glamorgan before 9.00am this morning. The road has been closed,
:06:14. > :06:18.Emergency Services are at the scene. Our correspondent Hywel Griffith is
:06:18. > :06:24.in the village of Rhoose. Yes, the police were called here
:06:24. > :06:27.this morning. They are examining the scene behind me, the road is
:06:27. > :06:31.cordoned off. We understand that they were called after a car flipped
:06:31. > :06:35.up and went on to its roof, hitting a lollipop lady and several
:06:35. > :06:41.children. Four of the children are still being treated for serious head
:06:41. > :06:45.and body injuries. However we understand that there have been no
:06:45. > :06:49.fatalities and the police are treating this as a very serious
:06:49. > :06:54.accident. Yards from a pelican crossing a
:06:54. > :07:01.black Audi is overturned, sandwiched between a green car and a row of
:07:01. > :07:05.bushes. On the ground, part of a lollipop stick is visible, along
:07:05. > :07:09.with clothing, strewn across the pavement. This was the aftermath of
:07:09. > :07:12.the accident. It happened at Rhoose Primary School at dropping off time
:07:12. > :07:16.this morning. There was a hell of a bang. Then all
:07:16. > :07:22.of the children were screaming and shouting. You saw the fathers run to
:07:22. > :07:25.see where it happened. We took the children into the classroom.
:07:25. > :07:29.Five children and four adults, thought to include a lollipop lady,
:07:29. > :07:33.were rushed to the hospital. For some parents there was the feeling
:07:33. > :07:38.that they had had a narrow escape. It is terrible. It is the way that
:07:38. > :07:41.we come to school. It could easily have been us. So, yes, a bit of a
:07:41. > :07:47.shock. It is believed that the accident was
:07:47. > :07:51.caused when a local resident lost control of their car. It is not
:07:51. > :07:54.being treated as anything malicious. The school is open today.
:07:54. > :07:59.The school have been fantastic in giving the children some support and
:07:59. > :08:04.trying to make the day as normal for them as possible under the
:08:04. > :08:09.circumstances. This is a very knit community. We all know each other
:08:09. > :08:14.very well. I'm sure that we all know someone who has been involved today.
:08:14. > :08:24.The driver of the car is a 61-year-old man. He is assisting the
:08:24. > :08:24.
:08:25. > :08:29.police with their enquiries. Well the school us is open. However
:08:29. > :08:32.the parents have been coming to collect their children, many having
:08:32. > :08:36.witnessed the horrific deal at the beginning of the school day. The
:08:36. > :08:40.police investigation continues but with we understand that at the
:08:40. > :08:43.moment this is being treated as an accident.
:08:43. > :08:47.There they have been called the "invisibility minority", the
:08:47. > :08:52.disadvantaged children living in leafy suburbs, market towns or
:08:52. > :08:55.seaside resorts, who are being let down by their schools that is
:08:55. > :08:59.according to England's Chief Inspector of Schools, Sir Michael
:08:59. > :09:06.Wilshaw. He said that the best teachers should be offered incentive
:09:06. > :09:11.ives work in poorer backgrounds. A decade ago it was schools in many
:09:11. > :09:16.of England's cities, seen as failing their poorest pupils. Years of
:09:16. > :09:21.initiative and investment paid off. Many inner-city schools are among
:09:21. > :09:28.the best of the -- in the country, a less n to be learned elsewhere.
:09:28. > :09:35.Poor unseen children can be found in meet oak schools, the length and the
:09:35. > :09:43.breadthth of our country -- mediocre. They are found in market
:09:43. > :09:46.towns and seaside resorts. They can be found in prosperous -- prosperous
:09:46. > :09:52.communities, many achieving far less than they should.
:09:52. > :09:58.There is a warning that no school that is failing its purest pupils
:09:58. > :10:01.will be graded as outstanding a and there should absquad of national
:10:01. > :10:06.teachers to be deployed to underachieving areas.
:10:06. > :10:10.How this would happen nobody knows. I think that the schools need longer
:10:10. > :10:14.term solutions than this. Good stable staffing structures to create
:10:14. > :10:18.excellence from within. Not to believe it can be parachuted from
:10:18. > :10:23.without. Raising aspirations has been the key
:10:23. > :10:26.to transforming inner-city schools, according to Ofsted, that should be
:10:27. > :10:32.the focus everywhere else. Here in Hastings, the school says that the
:10:32. > :10:38.change is underway. Put into special measures five years
:10:39. > :10:43.ago, this school has been as the Hastings Academy, graded good by off
:10:43. > :10:47.stead. More than half pupils are from low income backgrounds.
:10:47. > :10:50.Recruiting the best staff continues to be an issue.
:10:50. > :10:53.Tlfrjts are great teachers in the schools. Any resource that helps us
:10:53. > :11:01.to retain them and to recruit further is welcome.
:11:01. > :11:05.We are going to need to be able to pay highly qualified, ambitious,
:11:05. > :11:11.incredibly talented staff more. The Government said that closing the
:11:11. > :11:15.gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is a priority with �2. 5
:11:15. > :11:19.billion earmarked to help the poorest pupils by 20156789
:11:19. > :11:23.For a long time, the issue of genetically modified foods seems to
:11:23. > :11:26.have been off the political menu, but today, the Environment
:11:26. > :11:33.Secretary, Owen Paterson, hued a speech to put it back centre stage.
:11:33. > :11:39.He said that embracing GM could bring benefits to farmers, consumers
:11:39. > :11:42.and the environment. A claim hotly disputed by opponents.
:11:42. > :11:50.Wheat is the most widely grown crop in the world. Scientists are keen to
:11:50. > :11:56.see if they can improve it through genetic modification. This trial,
:11:57. > :12:01.currently grown in the UK, has been alter sod that it emits a smell to
:12:01. > :12:09.repel insettings it helps to reduce the amount of pest kriedz needed to
:12:09. > :12:13.protect the crop, but there has been public resistance to GM trials so,
:12:13. > :12:16.the chances of commercialising a new crop are slim.
:12:16. > :12:23.Some of these are... Despite the difficulties, the Environment
:12:23. > :12:25.Secretary is keen to see more GM research in the UK. He says that the
:12:25. > :12:31.Government must persuade people of the benefits.
:12:31. > :12:36.I want the UK to have a leading role in feeding the world. Increasing the
:12:36. > :12:41.resilience of global food supplies. Not watching others take the lead to
:12:41. > :12:46.forge ahead. But critics say that the push for GM is misguided, that
:12:46. > :12:50.the technology promise oats the use of pesticides. That there are better
:12:50. > :12:55.proechs. To address the challenges of things
:12:55. > :13:00.that we are seeing, climate change and droughts, there are more
:13:00. > :13:03.effective technologies to use. The evidence showing that the
:13:03. > :13:11.technologies are outperforming GM on every count.
:13:11. > :13:17.What about UK farmers? Would they plant GM? You get better yields. The
:13:17. > :13:21.population is growing. I think it is the way to go. If we Go push too
:13:21. > :13:26.much, we seem to get little. I believe that the population is
:13:26. > :13:30.rising. People have to be fed. Owen Paterson wants reform of the EU
:13:30. > :13:34.approach to GM, to allow countries willing to embrace the technology to
:13:34. > :13:39.move forward, but the issue has been deadlocked in Brussels for years,
:13:39. > :13:46.but with no sign of a change in the European public opinion, there may
:13:46. > :13:53.be few practical steps that the British Government can take.
:13:53. > :13:56.Our top story: The names of health officials involved in an alleged
:13:56. > :14:02.cover-up in failings at Furness General Hospital, are due to be
:14:02. > :14:07.published this afternoon. Still to come: Battling in Brazil. The latest
:14:07. > :14:13.in the country's worst civil rest in 20 years. On BBC London: The amazing
:14:13. > :14:17.story of the Chinese er, rickshaw and the London Olympics. Last year
:14:17. > :14:27.he became an international star after cycling from China to London.
:14:27. > :14:34.
:14:34. > :14:38.Now he is off again. This time to troubled Mafia boss, Tony Soprano.
:14:38. > :14:43.Today, the acting world has been paying tribute to James Gandolfini
:14:43. > :14:48.who is died aged 51. It is believed he suffered a heart attack on a
:14:48. > :14:52.visit to Rome. Among those paying tribute was the man who created The
:14:52. > :15:01.Sopranos, David Chase, who called him a genius, one of the greatest
:15:01. > :15:10.actors of this time. Man himself said he was a 270 pound Woody Allen.
:15:10. > :15:16.He was known to millions as nude jersey mob boss Tony -- New Jersey
:15:16. > :15:21.mob boss Tony Soprano. The role of a man juggling his criminal empire as
:15:21. > :15:27.well as the demands of his family made him a star. It ran for six
:15:27. > :15:31.seasons, won him three Emmy awards and made him world-famous. He was on
:15:31. > :15:34.holiday in Italy, where he was due to appear at a film festival, where
:15:35. > :15:44.he is believed to have suffered a stroke or heart attack and was taken
:15:45. > :15:49.
:15:49. > :15:58.to hospital. We attempt to rescue and after 23, the patient formally
:15:58. > :16:05.died. The acclaim for his role as Tony Soprano was the launching pad
:16:05. > :16:09.for a successful film career. He was often cast in authority roles. In in
:16:09. > :16:14.the loop, he played an army general, a road where he also showed he did
:16:14. > :16:23.have the light touch needed for comedy. This is the number, combat
:16:23. > :16:25.troops available... 12. At the time of his death he had just finished
:16:25. > :16:32.working on a new film and was working on an American version of
:16:32. > :16:36.BBC series criminal justice. It will be remembered as a larger-than-life
:16:37. > :16:44.figure who managed to bring sympathy and humility to the most corrupt and
:16:44. > :16:48.vicious of characters. James Gandolfini, who has died at the age
:16:48. > :16:53.of 51. Authorities in Brazil's two bigger
:16:53. > :16:58.cities have backed down at plans to increase ticket prices on public
:16:58. > :17:02.transport, which have led to protests. It is the worst unrest
:17:02. > :17:06.seen on the streets of Brazil in 20 years.
:17:06. > :17:11.Another night of violence in this part of real estate. Protesters
:17:11. > :17:17.again -- Rio estate. Police clashing with protesters who used rubber
:17:17. > :17:21.bullets and tear gas. Attacking the bus was symbolic. This whole protest
:17:21. > :17:27.movement started over plans to put up bus fares by just a few pennies
:17:27. > :17:30.but it spiralled into so much more. The mayor of Rio gave a news
:17:31. > :17:36.conference where he announced a climb-down over bus fares but
:17:36. > :17:41.accepted this would not end the protests. Let's not confuse some
:17:41. > :17:45.protests that happen in countries that have dictatorships, with what
:17:45. > :17:50.is happening in Brazil. We don't want to control the protesters. They
:17:50. > :17:56.have the right to protest. To say whatever they want. This is what we
:17:56. > :18:01.are going to protect. To protect the right to protest. Many of them are
:18:01. > :18:05.young. This group is campaigning for taxpayers money to be spent on
:18:05. > :18:09.social programmes, rather than World Cup stadiums. People are dying in
:18:09. > :18:14.public hospitals, their transportation is terrible, people
:18:14. > :18:20.are taking three or four hours to commute to work on a daily basis.
:18:20. > :18:25.People are getting angry because we are living a lie and they don't want
:18:25. > :18:33.this lie any more. We want to talk and resolve this problem. I think of
:18:33. > :18:35.this generation being the first that was born in a democratic country. It
:18:35. > :18:40.is critical of democratic constitutions and wants to make them
:18:40. > :18:46.better and more participator. It is when a lot of people who were born
:18:46. > :18:52.in the late 80s are coming of age, taking part in a political process
:18:52. > :18:56.for the first time and they have found out that the walls of
:18:56. > :19:01.government are traditionally closed. Different people have different
:19:01. > :19:06.reasons to take to the streets and there is no one group in charge.
:19:06. > :19:09.Protesters have been using social media to organised and stations and
:19:09. > :19:13.they say they will get hundreds of thousands of people on the streets
:19:13. > :19:20.of Rio again, marching to the Maracana Stadium ahead of the next
:19:20. > :19:23.game in the Confederations Cup. The jury in the case of Jeremy
:19:23. > :19:27.Forrest, the teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old pupil, has
:19:27. > :19:34.retired to consider is verdict. He denies a single charge of child
:19:34. > :19:38.abduction. Our correspondent Duncan Canady is at Lewes Crown Court for
:19:38. > :19:45.us. A summing up from the judge today. Yes, the judge did his
:19:45. > :19:50.summing up and he boiled it down to two choices for the jury. Did Jeremy
:19:50. > :19:57.Forrest remove the girl in question from the lawful control of her
:19:57. > :20:05.mother. If found guilty they should find him guilty of child abduction.
:20:05. > :20:12.Or was it in order to save her life? If they agree with that, they should
:20:12. > :20:16.find him not guilty of child abduction. It is in relation to a
:20:16. > :20:24.quote from the girl who said you would take her own life if she was
:20:24. > :20:28.not able to go with Jeremy Forrest. Forrest denies abducting the girl
:20:28. > :20:31.and taking her to France in September of last year. There was a
:20:31. > :20:36.big manhunt, they were in bitterly found in Bordeaux after seven or
:20:36. > :20:40.eight days. -- eventually found. The girl was in court this morning,
:20:40. > :20:46.listening at the back of the court. So was the family of Jeremy Forrest.
:20:46. > :20:50.The jury spent an hour or so deliberating today and will continue
:20:50. > :20:54.deliberations this afternoon. Retailers had a good month in May
:20:54. > :20:59.according to the latest figures. Emma Simson is here with me.
:20:59. > :21:03.Something of a bounce back? I think it is worth remembering that in
:21:03. > :21:09.April we saw some pretty terrible figures. The amount of goods sold
:21:09. > :21:13.was down 1.3% on the previous month. That was largely explained by Easter
:21:14. > :21:18.coming early and some bad weather, one of the coldest spring is on
:21:18. > :21:22.record, just at a time when retailers were filling up the stores
:21:22. > :21:28.with some addresses and garden furniture, stuff that people did not
:21:28. > :21:34.want to buy. One month later, up 2.1%. A very good performance
:21:34. > :21:41.indeed. This growth has largely been driven promotions and discounts,
:21:41. > :21:47.Tula Ross back in so retailers can start shifting the stock they were
:21:47. > :21:52.not able to sell in April -- to lure us back in. Food sales through at a
:21:52. > :21:57.strongest monthly rate for two years, so a real bounce back.
:21:57. > :22:03.do you read into it? Monthly figures can be volatile especially given
:22:03. > :22:07.this unpredictable weather. But there is some modest growth. The
:22:07. > :22:11.signs are that perhaps we are starting to head in the right
:22:11. > :22:16.direction. The question is, can it be sustained? Retailers are still
:22:16. > :22:26.not finding it very easy. We have just heard that the retail chain,
:22:26. > :22:26.
:22:26. > :22:28.the furniture chain Dwell has ceased trading this morning. It has 23
:22:28. > :22:32.stores, mainly in the south, the company has been trying to raise
:22:32. > :22:35.funding but it has not worked out. This morning it said it had been
:22:35. > :22:40.left with no option but to close the whole business with immediate
:22:40. > :22:46.effect. It has around 300 employees who are awaiting the appointment of
:22:46. > :22:49.administrators. Another retail casualty.
:22:49. > :22:54.Too many mentally ill people are being held for too long in police
:22:54. > :22:58.cells, according to a report from four watchdogs in England and Wales.
:22:58. > :23:06.Some of those who were detained were as young as 14. Among the reasons
:23:06. > :23:10.given were a lack of beds and staff at health facilities.
:23:10. > :23:14.It was a Friday night, it was quite hectic and busy. There were people
:23:14. > :23:18.kicking off, people being restrained, people shouting and
:23:18. > :23:23.sharing. It is a place for criminals, not people who are
:23:23. > :23:28.feeling ill. Claire Greaves was recovering from depression and taken
:23:28. > :23:32.to a police cell, after complaining of feeling suicidal. A bed in a
:23:32. > :23:36.psychiatric hospital was not available. I think it was the wrong
:23:36. > :23:40.place and it is something I am never going to forget I have spent, a
:23:40. > :23:43.night in a cell. It was a distressing environment and makes
:23:43. > :23:49.you feel like you have done something wrong because you are sat
:23:49. > :23:54.in a cell on a Friday night. More than 9000 patients like Clare were
:23:54. > :23:58.taken to police cells last year, says today's report. A power to
:23:58. > :24:02.protect people from harm that officers are meant to use in
:24:02. > :24:05.exceptional circumstances, it is being used routinely. This is the
:24:05. > :24:11.hospital that Clare could not get into. They say they do their best to
:24:11. > :24:15.admit patients when they can. Across England, mental health professionals
:24:15. > :24:21.say services are in a state of crisis and too many patients are
:24:21. > :24:26.spending time inappropriately in police cells. Provisional NHS
:24:26. > :24:31.figures give an insight into the problem. They suggest around 2000
:24:31. > :24:35.mental health beds in England, about 12% of the total, were cut last
:24:35. > :24:40.year. Alternative community support, say experts, cannot keep up
:24:40. > :24:44.with increasing demand. We have had reduction in beds but not had an
:24:44. > :24:51.improvement, or enough of an improvement in community services
:24:51. > :24:56.and crisis services. People are finding themselves being dealt with
:24:56. > :24:59.by inadequate crisis responses and systems really under pressure.
:24:59. > :25:03.Patients, not police, should be at the heart of treating mental health
:25:03. > :25:08.problems. The Department of Health say they are looking at ways of
:25:08. > :25:12.making that truism a reality. The British and Irish Lions head
:25:12. > :25:19.coach, Warren Gatland, has named his team for Saturday 's first test
:25:19. > :25:26.against Australia. Alex Corbisiero is a surprise inclusion while George
:25:26. > :25:30.North has recovered from a hamstring injury to get a place in the
:25:30. > :25:33.starting line-up. Just two days from one of the
:25:33. > :25:38.biggest games in their lives but the mood in the Lions camp was
:25:38. > :25:41.surprisingly relaxed on a release of tension because the team to face
:25:42. > :25:51.Australia on Saturday has finally been revealed and the chosen few are
:25:51. > :25:57.walking tour. -- walking tall. days. It was awesome. It is what you
:25:57. > :26:01.want to achieve when you are a young boy. Even though they have announced
:26:01. > :26:07.the team, I still feel pretty relaxed. Any day apart from match
:26:07. > :26:11.day. Alex Corbisiero was not in the original Lions squad but he now
:26:11. > :26:19.finds himself as a surprise starter in a team that many believe will
:26:19. > :26:23.win. Everyone has hit form at the right time. The second rowers in
:26:23. > :26:29.particularly at massive -- had massive games last time out. I think
:26:29. > :26:35.the Australians will be cold and the Lions have had matches which are
:26:35. > :26:38.wide -- is why I think they will win. Australia have not played a
:26:38. > :26:43.match and is last year, they have been plagued by injury and named
:26:43. > :26:47.three debutants, they still represent a formidable challenge.
:26:47. > :26:53.Australia beat the tourists when the teams last met down under, 12 years
:26:53. > :26:57.on the coasts are intent on taming the Lions once again. Among an
:26:57. > :27:05.ever-growing number of supporters, everyone has an opinion on today's
:27:05. > :27:11.team selection. But all here are united by a desire for victory.
:27:11. > :27:16.Come on, the Lions! It is ladies Day at Royal Ascot and
:27:16. > :27:19.the Queen will be hoping her much fancied horse, The Economy, triumphs
:27:19. > :27:29.in the Gold Cup later this afternoon. -- her much fancied
:27:29. > :27:32.
:27:32. > :27:38.forced the closure of one of the most famous Catholic pilgrimage
:27:38. > :27:42.shrines in the world. Nearly a metre of water has forced the closure of
:27:42. > :27:45.Lourdes and pilgrims have been told to leave the site.
:27:45. > :27:52.Thousands of pilgrims usually come here each week to bathe in the
:27:52. > :28:00.tranquil waters around the Lourdes shrine, but big toe is barely
:28:00. > :28:05.visible above the water and the hundreds of pilgrims who visit have
:28:05. > :28:13.had to be evacuated. Lourdes has been a place of pilgrimage since
:28:13. > :28:21.Saint Bernadette was reportedly visited by the Virgin Mary in the --
:28:21. > :28:24.but it is feared floodwater has done extensive damage to the site.
:28:24. > :28:29.Floodwaters have covered large parts of south-western France, two people
:28:29. > :28:32.have already died as a result of the extreme weather. The water levels
:28:32. > :28:36.are now receding in Lourdes and people are beginning to assess the
:28:36. > :28:45.damage. But the cost of repairing the shrine is expected to run into
:28:45. > :28:50.Let's see what is in store closer to home.
:28:50. > :28:54.Not quite as warm as yesterday but still a lot of humidity and given
:28:54. > :28:59.some sunshine, it is likely we could see heavy showers and thundery
:28:59. > :29:03.downpours in places, particularly in England. We did have some rain
:29:03. > :29:06.spread northwards during the morning and through the Midlands. A lot of
:29:06. > :29:11.rain across the far north-west corner and across the south-east, an
:29:11. > :29:16.area of heavy showers and storms pushing in towards the south-east
:29:16. > :29:21.corner and East Anglia. This area working in towards the Midlands. A
:29:21. > :29:25.lot of cloud and sea fog around the channel coasts. If we look across
:29:25. > :29:33.Scotland, a lot of rain for northern and western areas, persistent rain
:29:33. > :29:37.for the Highlands. Across south-east Scotland, a fine afternoon to come.
:29:37. > :29:41.Sunshine fading from the Belfast area, turning grey and wet. For much
:29:41. > :29:45.of England and Wales, a scattering of heavy, thundery downpours,
:29:45. > :29:52.triggered off by some sunshine which could lift the temperatures.
:29:52. > :29:55.Outbreaks of rain across western Wales. For ladies Day at Ascot it
:29:55. > :29:59.will be dry, quite warm but I could not rule out the odd heavy shower as
:29:59. > :30:03.we move through the course of the afternoon. Tomorrow it looks like
:30:03. > :30:09.there will be showers but sunshine. Overnight we continue to see
:30:09. > :30:10.thundery downpours across much of England and Wales, beginning to push
:30:10. > :30:14.eastwards and become confined towards East Anglia and the
:30:14. > :30:20.south-east, where it will be warm and muddy. A lot of cloud around,
:30:20. > :30:26.bits and pieces of rain, temperatures into single figures. A
:30:26. > :30:30.legacy of showers and storms eventually clearing away, and an
:30:30. > :30:35.improving day with sunshine coming through, a few showers affecting
:30:35. > :30:39.eastern areas. Locally quite warm in the South. For the tennis at
:30:39. > :30:49.Gisborne, one or two showers through the course of awning and then it
:30:49. > :30:50.
:30:50. > :30:54.towards the weekend. The low-pressure brings heavy rain and a
:30:54. > :30:59.drop in temperature and some strong winds. Some bands of the rain will
:30:59. > :31:03.be heavy as we go through Saturday and Sunday, cooler for us all across
:31:03. > :31:08.the country. The winds will be a feature, in fact touching gale force
:31:08. > :31:13.in places, particularly across coastal areas but even inland, heavy
:31:13. > :31:23.rain and showers at times. Temperatures ranging from 14 to 17
:31:23. > :31:27.